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To even begin to understand Bridgette's death, you have to understand some aspects of her life.  Bridgette was not close to her family and did not have much contact with them.  As a teen, she became involved with drugs and was a "recovering" heroin user just prior to her death.

Here are the events that led up to her death (as told by a close friend of Bridgette's).  Please note that this statement has been edited to remove any personal information:

The evening before Bridgette's death I was with her in her apartment.  She told me that an old dealer "friend" was back in town, that he had come to her looking for a place to stay and that he had given her some "Sheeba" or "Poor Man's Heroin" as it is also called.  She handed me a small package containing some of this drug.  I threw it in the toilet.  Bridgette told me that she wanted this person out of her life.  She cried and said she was sorry for getting involved with him again.  I cried as well.  

She also told me that this dealer and another person were on their way over to her apartment and that she was going to tell them to take a hike.  I asked if I could do anything to help.  She said that she knew both of these people and that she could handle it.  We made plans to meet the next morning for breakfast and to see a movie (Grosse Pointe Blank).  Just before I left, she said to me, "You know you will never meet another girl like me".  These were her last words to me. 

The following morning I arrived at her apartment building just as an ambulance was leaving.  When I went to her apartment, Bridgette's old dealer answered the door.  He had bloodshot eyes.  He told me Bridgette had been taken to the hospital.  I found out that she had been taken to Queen of Angels in Hollywood.  When I arrived at the emergency room, they told me that she was there and I went immediately to her room.  She was on life support and there were tubes everywhere.  Her head was turned away from the door so I went around the bed to see her.  Although her eyes were open, there was nothing there.  A few days later she was taken off of life support.  Her official cause of death was listed as "accidental overdose of alcohol and drugs".

Here is a copy of Bridgette's obituary from the Itemizer-Observer, a newspaper that serves Monmouth, Independence, and Dallas, Oregon.

Bridgette Andersen of Hollywood, Calif. died of an accidental alcohol and drug overdose May 18 in California. She was 21. She grew up in Malibu, Calif., and was studying theater while also working at the Erewhon Health Food Store. As a child actor, she touched the hearts of many as Savannah in 'Savannah Smiles' and as Gretel in the Fairy Tale Theater production of 'Hansel and Gretel.' Her other film and television credits include 'Parent Trap II' and 'A Summer To Remember,' which was filmed in Polk County near Perrydale. Survivors include her mother, Teresa Andersen; sister, Angelica Andersen; father, Frank Glass; brothers, Dean Glass and Mark Ballan; and grandparents, Connie and Andy Andersen of Independence. Services were held May 25 at Malibu United Methodist Church. Contributions may be made to The Center for Reuniting Families, Box 299, Angelus Oaks, CA 92305

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